Early microvascular changes in patients with prediabetes evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography

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BACKGROUND: Timely detection of early microvascular changes in patients with prediabetes could help reduce the likelihood of progression of diabetes-related retinal complications.

AIM: To determine early microvascular changes in patients with prediabetes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A).

METHODS: In this single-center retrospective case-control study, macular OCT-A images of superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP) were analyzed in non-diabetic controls, and prediabetic and diabetic subjects. A quantitative analysis was performed using ImageJ software of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, acircularity index (AI), perfusion density (PD), and vascular length density (VLD).

RESULTS: A total of 94 eyes of 53 patients were included in this study. The global mean age was 57.7 years, 39.6% men and 60.4% women. In SCP, the mean PD was 0.283 ± 0.15, 0.186 ± 0.720, and 0.186 ± 0.07 in non-diabetic controls, and prediabetic and diabetic groups, respectively. The mean VLD was 8.728 ± 3.425 in non-diabetic controls, 6.147 ± 1.399 in prediabetic group, and 6.292 ± 1.997 in patients with diabetes. The comparison of prediabetic patients and controls shows statistical differences between PD and VLD in both plexus SCP (p = 0.002 and p = 0.001, respectively) and DCP (p = 0.005 and p = 0.002, respectively). The mean area of FAZ in patients with diabetes and normal individuals was 0.281 and 0.196 mm2, respectively (p < 0.001). AI was higher in the control group (0.87 ± 0.14) and prediabetic group (0.80 ± 0.17) compared to diabetic patients (0.64 ± 0.19). There were no differences in FAZ area and AI between prediabetic and non-diabetic controls.

CONCLUSION: PD and VLD demonstrated to be early microvascular changes in prediabetic patients evaluated by OCT-A. No alterations of FAZ were evidenced in this group.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Therapeutic advances in ophthalmology - 13(2021) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 25158414211047020

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arias, Juan D [VerfasserIn]
Arango, Francisco J [VerfasserIn]
Parra, Maria Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Ávila, Ronald M [VerfasserIn]
Parra-Serrano, Gustavo A [VerfasserIn]
Hoyos, Andrea T [VerfasserIn]
Granados, Silvia J [VerfasserIn]
Viteri, Eduardo J [VerfasserIn]
Gaibor-Santos, Ivetteh [VerfasserIn]
Perez, Yanny [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acircularity index
Foveal avascular zone
Journal Article
Optical coherence tomography angiography
Perfusion density
Prediabetes
Vascular length density

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Date Revised 27.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1177/25158414211047020

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NLM332465330